Anand has established himself as an all round player

Abhijeet Gupta

NEW DELHI: He expects the World Championship sword fight linking Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen to be an intense contest but Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta feels his nationality is still the favorite in the much-anticipated face-off owing to the wealth of experience he has.


Gupta, an earlier humanity's junior champion like Anand, spoke to PTI in an exclusive chat from Bad Weissee in Germany anywhere he is at present stationed to fool around in an International friendly.

"It will be a very intense match and Anand's experience in such procedures be supposed to come up to in very handy," thought Gupta.

Anand has played aligned with the likes of Garry Kasparov of Russia his national Anatoly Karpov and more recently aligned with any more Russian Vladimir Kramnik, Bulgarian Veselin Topalov and Israeli Boris Gelfand to fight in support of the humanity title.

They keep up three matches allow been the from top to toe meaning of Anand's career taking him from the group of notable players to the mythology of the game.

"Anand has established himself as an all circular player, winning the humanity championship in the beat, match-tournament and matches. Carlsen has undoubtedly been the on the whole worthy contender but single needs nerves of steel in support of such matches," Gupta thought.

Citing the qualification Candidate's competition so as to Carlsen won by the skin of the teeth, Gupta thought Carlsen can fumble whilst deposit under pressure.

"Carlsen lost the keep up two games under pressure whilst a copy might allow been an adequate amount of to finalize the straight to challenge Anand, he was timely in a little way as Kramnik plus lost the keep up the game.

"It was nerve-wracking to say the smallest amount but it plus tells us so as to Carlsen is qualified of down as well, giving Carlsen the tag of overwhelming favorite is probably not justified," he thought.

It was indeed by sheer coincidence so as to Kramnik lost whilst a copy in the keep up circular of the Candidates competition aligned with Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine would allow deposit him as the contender in support of Anand. Carlsen qualified by virtue of better tie break.

The match in Chennai gives Anand the home-based help so as to the Indian has in no way enjoyed beforehand in a match of this stature.

"There is a weaken line linking pressure of on stage from the side of home-based and enjoying the home-based help, Anand will surely tackle it. He beat Topalov in Bulgaria which would surely help in learning how not to allow this help slip," he thought.

On the likely outcome, the most up-to-date Arjuna award was quite candid.

"It will be a very close business surer. I deduction the at the outset partially will be imperative from Anand's perspective, Carlsen will be chubby of energy in individual games and mostly will come up to down guns blazing. Modish the succeeding partially it won't be so unpretentious in support of Carlsen that's why matches are so fractious," Gupta famous.

About the force of at the outset victory, Gupta thought it was irrelevant if it comes in the at the outset partially.

"Against Topalov in 2010 Anand on track with a loss and won the succeeding game itself. Against Gelfand in 2012 too Anand lost at the outset beforehand winning while aligned with Kramnik in 2008 he simply outclassed the Russian, so in support of Anand it probably doesn't material.

"He comes back harder whilst down, and rolls greater than you whilst he is up. The stuff mythology is made of." 

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com